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Panorama of the Ruby Mountains from Lamoille Summit along Nevada State Route 227 (2013)

Nevada (/nəˈvædə, -vɑː-/ ^ⓘ nə-VAD-ə, -⁠VAH-, Spanish: [neˈβaða]) is a landlocked state in the Western region of the United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, the 32nd-most populous, and the ninth-least densely populated U.S. state. Nearly three-quarters of Nevada's population live in Clark County, which contains the Las Vegas–Paradise metropolitan area, including three of the state's four largest incorporated cities. Nevada's capital is Carson City. Las Vegas is the largest city in the state.

Nevada is officially known as the "Silver State" because of the importance of silver to its history and economy. It is also known as the "Battle Born State" because it campaigned during its relatively brief territorial status as the Nevada Territory (1861–1864), then quickly achieved statehood during the American Civil War (1861–1865), (the words "Battle Born" also appear on its state flag); due to the 16th presidency of Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865, served 1861–1865). The federal Union benefited immensely economically translated into military necessity from the support of newly awarded statehood as the 36th state by the massive infusion of the monetary support it provided of nearly $400 million dollars in rich underground geological layers of veins of silver ore generated at the time by the 1859 discovery of the legendary Comstock Lode, mined beneath and around Virginia City up to about 1874 /1920s). It is also known as the "Sagebrush State", for the native plant of the same name; and as the "Sage-hen State". The state's name means "snowy" in the Spanish language, referring to Nevada's small overlap with the Sierra Nevada mountain range on its western edge; however, the rest of Nevada is largely desert and semi-arid, much of it within the central Great Basin region. Areas south of the Great Basin are within the Mojave Desert shared with Southern California, while the high altitude of Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada lie on the western edge. In 2020, 80.1% of the state's land was managed by various jurisdictions of the U.S. federal government, both civilian and military.

Native Americans of mostly the Paiute, Shoshone, and Washoe tribes inhabited what is now Nevada. The first Europeans to explore the region were tho Spanish and explorers from their worldwide Spanish Empire in the 16th century. They called the region Nevada (snowy) because of the snow which covered the mountains in winter, similar to the Sierra Nevada mountains in European Spain. The area formed from mostly Alta California (Upper California) to the west and to the east as part of Nuevo México (New Mexico)'s colonial province and territory to the northern portion within the larger colonial era Viceroyalty of New Spain, which gained freedom as the first independent government of the First Mexican Empire (Mexico) in 1821. (Full article...)

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Aerial view of Lunar Crater and surrounding vents

Lunar Crater volcanic field is a volcanic field in Nye County, Nevada. It lies along the Reveille and Pancake Ranges and consists of over 200 vents, mostly small volcanic cones with associated lava flows but also several maars, including one maar named Lunar Crater. Some vents have been eroded so heavily that the structures underneath the volcanoes have been exposed. Lunar Crater itself has been used as a testing ground for Mars rovers and as training ground for astronauts.

The volcanic field has formed on top of older, Oligocene to Miocene age volcanic rocks and calderas, but its own activity commenced only about 6 million years ago. The reasons for the volcanic activity there are not well known. The volcanic field has produced various types of basaltic magma and also trachyte; the most recent eruption was about 38,000 years ago and renewed activity is possible. (Full article...)

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Gold mining in Nevada, a state of the United States, is a major industry, and one of the largest sources of gold in the world. In 2018 Nevada produced 5,581,160 troy ounces (173.6 tonnes), representing 78% of US gold and 5.0% of the world's production. Total gold production recorded from Nevada from 1835 to 2017 totals 205,931,000 troy ounces (6,405.2 t), worth US$322.6 billion at 2020 values. Much of Nevada's gold production comes from large open pit mining using heap leaching recovery.

The Nevada mining industry supported an average 14,787 direct employees in 2018, with about 75,000 additional jobs related to providing goods and services needed by the mining industry. The average pay for mining industry employees during this time was $97,600 per year, the third highest average private employment sector in the state. (Full article...)

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Image 1Sculpture representing a steam locomotive, in Ely, Nevada. Early locomotives played an important part in Nevada's mining industry. (from Nevada)
Image 2Lake Tahoe on the Nevada–California border (from Nevada)
Image 3Mexico in 1824. Alta California included today's Nevada. (from Nevada)
Image 4Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Calico basin (from Nevada)
Image 5A valley near Pyramid Lake (from Nevada)
Image 6Population density map of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 7Topographic map of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 8Mountains west of Las Vegas in the Mojave Desert (from Nevada)
Image 9Carson City Mint in Carson City. Carson City is an independent city and the capital of Nevada. (from Nevada)
Image 10Ruins of an early 20th-century mill, Winnemucca Mountain (from History of Nevada)
Image 11Flag of Nevada, 1905–1915 (from History of Nevada)
Image 12MGM Grand, with sign promoting it as The City of Entertainment (from Nevada)
Image 13Sculpture representing a steam locomotive, in Ely, Nevada. Early locomotives played an important part in Nevada's mining industry. (from Nevada)
Image 14State route shield (from Nevada)
Image 15The courthouse of the Supreme Court of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 16Köppen climate types of Nevada, using 1991-2020 climate normals. (from Nevada)
Image 17Lake Tahoe on the Nevada–California border (from Nevada)
Image 18The courthouse of the Supreme Court of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 19Downtown Reno (from Nevada)
Image 20Mountains west of Las Vegas in the Mojave Desert (from Nevada)
Image 21Cattle near the Bruneau River in Elko County (from Nevada)

Map of counties in Nevada by racial plurality, per the 2020 census

Legend

Non-Hispanic White

30–40%

50–60%

60–70%

70–80%

80–90%

(from Nevada)

Image 23The quartzite of Doso Doyabi in Great Basin National Park (from Nevada)
Image 24Little Finland rock formation in Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 25Map of the States of California and Nevada by SB Linton, 1876 (from Nevada)
Image 26Bottle house in the mining ghost town of Rhyolite; built in 1906 with about 50,000 bottles (from Nevada)
Image 27Cattle near the Bruneau River in Elko County (from Nevada)
Image 28The Las Vegas Strip looking South (from Nevada)
Image 29Goldstrike (Post-Betze) Mine in the Carlin Trend, the largest Carlin-type deposit in the world, containing more than 35,000,000 troy ounces (1,100 t) gold (from Nevada)
Image 30Bottle house in the mining ghost town of Rhyolite; built in 1906 with about 50,000 bottles (from Nevada)
Image 31MGM Grand, with sign promoting it as The City of Entertainment (from Nevada)
Image 32Nevada territory in 1861 (from Nevada)
Image 33A valley near Pyramid Lake (from Nevada)
Image 34Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Calico basin (from Nevada)
Image 35Valley of Fire State Park (from Nevada)
Image 36State route shield (from Nevada)
Image 37Ethnic origins in Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 38The 1931 gambling law helped enable the explosive growth of the Las Vegas area, where the population grew from five thousand in 1930 to over two million by 2013. (from History of Nevada)
Image 39Winnemucca Lake petroglyphs; researchers dated the carvings to between 14,800 and 10,500 years ago. (from History of Nevada)
Image 40Valley of Fire State Park (from Nevada)
Image 41The Nevada State Legislative Building in Carson City (from Nevada)
Image 42Map of the States of California and Nevada by SB Linton, 1876 (from History of Nevada)
Image 43Nevada quarter (from Nevada)
Image 44Majority/plurality party in each Nevada county (February 2023):
  Democrat >= 30%
  Republican >= 30%
  Republican >= 40%
  Republican >= 50%
  Republican >= 60%
(from Nevada)
Image 45Mount Charleston (from Nevada)
Image 46The Winnemucca Sand Dunes, north of Winnemucca (from Nevada)
Image 47Downtown Reno (from Nevada)
Image 48The Nevada 1861 territory boundary (blue) changed three times: 1864 statehood shifted eastern border from 39th to 38th meridian, 1866 May 5; east border (pink) moved eastward 53.3 mi (85.8 km), from the 38th to 37th meridian, and 1867 January 18; south boundary (yellow) moved from the 37th parallel north southward to the current boundary (14 Stat. 43) (from History of Nevada)
Image 49Little Finland rock formation in Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 50Ranching in Washoe County (from Nevada)
Image 51Great Basin National Park (from Nevada)
Image 52Topographic map of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 53Great Basin National Park (from Nevada)
Image 54U.S. Route 50, also known as "The Loneliest Road in America" (from Nevada)
Image 55Köppen climate types of Nevada, using 1991-2020 climate normals. (from Nevada)
Image 56Population density map of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 57The Winnemucca Sand Dunes, north of Winnemucca (from Nevada)
Image 58Ranching in Washoe County (from Nevada)
Image 59The quartzite of Doso Doyabi in Great Basin National Park (from Nevada)
Image 60East Las Vegas suburbs (from Nevada)
Image 61Nevada quarter (from Nevada)
Image 62Nevada territory in 1861 (from Nevada)
Image 63A map that details the federal land in southern Nevada, showing Nellis Air Force Base Complex and Nevada Test Site (from Nevada)
Image 64Carson City Mint in Carson City. Carson City is an independent city and the capital of Nevada. (from Nevada)
Image 65The Las Vegas Strip looking South (from Nevada)
Image 66Majority/plurality party in each Nevada county (February 2023):
  Democrat >= 30%
  Republican >= 30%
  Republican >= 40%
  Republican >= 50%
  Republican >= 60%
(from Nevada)
Image 67Map of the States of California and Nevada by SB Linton, 1876 (from Nevada)
Image 68A burro-drawn wagon hauling lumber and supplies into Goldfield, Nevada, ca.1904. In 1903 only 36 people lived in the new town. By 1908 Goldfield was Nevada's largest city, with over 25,000 inhabitants. (from History of Nevada)
Image 69Mount Charleston (from Nevada)
Image 70Map of counties in Nevada by racial plurality, per the 2020 census
Legend
- Non-Hispanic White
    30–40%
  
    50–60%
  
    60–70%
  
    70–80%
  
    80–90%
(from Nevada)
Image 71Mexico in 1824. Alta California included today's Nevada. (from Nevada)
Image 72Ethnic origins in Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 73A map that details the federal land in southern Nevada, showing Nellis Air Force Base Complex and Nevada Test Site (from Nevada)
Image 74The Nevada State Legislative Building in Carson City (from Nevada)
Image 75U.S. Route 50, also known as "The Loneliest Road in America" (from Nevada)
Image 76East Las Vegas suburbs (from Nevada)
Image 77Goldstrike (Post-Betze) Mine in the Carlin Trend, the largest Carlin-type deposit in the world, containing more than 35,000,000 troy ounces (1,100 t) gold (from Nevada)

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... that in 1974, a hoard of more than 400,000 silver dollars was discovered in Nevada?
... that a Nevada radio station named "Sexy" blew into town with a windstorm?
... that Lincoln Fitzgerald survived a 1949 murder attempt and went on to run three Nevada casinos?

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Name	Type	County	Population (2020)	Population (2010)	Change	Land area (2020)		Population density	Incorporation date
Name	Type	County	Population (2020)	Population (2010)	Change	sq mi	km²	Population density	Incorporation date
Boulder City	City	Clark	14,885	15,023	−0.9%	208.52	540.1	71.4/sq mi (27.6/km²)	October 1, 1959
Reno†	City	Washoe	264,165	225,221	+17.3%	108.77	281.7	2,428.7/sq mi (937.7/km²)	March 16, 1903
Caliente	City	Lincoln	990	1,130	−12.4%	1.87	4.8	529.4/sq mi (204.4/km²)	October 1, 1959
Carlin	City	Elko	2,050	2,368	−13.4%	10.44	27.0	196.4/sq mi (75.8/km²)	October 22, 1925
Carson City‡	—	None	58,639	55,274	+6.1%	144.66	374.7	405.4/sq mi (156.5/km²)	March 1, 1875
Elko†	City	Elko	20,564	18,297	+12.4%	17.64	45.7	1,165.8/sq mi (450.1/km²)	March 14, 1917
Ely†	City	White Pine	3,924	4,255	−7.8%	7.64	19.8	513.6/sq mi (198.3/km²)	July 20, 1907
Fallon†	City	Churchill	9,327	8,606	+8.4%	3.63	9.4	2,569.4/sq mi (992.1/km²)	December 18, 1908
Fernley	City	Lyon	22,895	19,368	+18.2%	122.12	316.3	187.5/sq mi (72.4/km²)	July 1, 2001
Henderson	City	Clark	317,610	257,729	+23.2%	107.73	279.0	2,948.2/sq mi (1,138.3/km²)	June 8, 1953
Las Vegas†	City	Clark	641,903	583,756	+10.0%	135.81	351.7	4,726.5/sq mi (1,824.9/km²)	March 16, 1905

‡ State capital and independent city

† County seat

See List of cities in Nevada for a full list.

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